Moscow, April 29, 2020. Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers has analyzed the results of eco-tests for printer cartridges, found on the Russian market of consumables.
On 28th of April, this year, Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) held an on-line conference with participation by the members of the Association and a number of representatives from state and public organizations. During the conference the reports were heard from the heads of Expert Council on the subject of environmental safety (by Alexey Belikov and Yulia Danilogorskaya) regarding the results of tests done on OEM and compatible (both new and remanufactured) cartridges found on the Russian market.
After listening and discussing the reports the participants of the Conference have expressed their concerns regarding the current situation on the Russian market. “The reuse of cartridges undoubtedly reduces the so-called environmental load, while single-use cartridges add to landfills. The remanufacturing (recycling) industry as a more rational and safe alternative to toxic newly-built cartridges definitely requires state support and development”, — has noted Alexey Belikov. “Each day the amount of data regarding the chemical composition of newly-built cartridges grows. It’s not only decaBDE in plastics, but also VOCs in toner, lead in contact groups, not to forget cobalt, benzene, naphthalene… The health of the office equipment users is the area which today requires our full attention. Therefore our Expert Council constantly works in contact with European Association ETIRA and the scientific community in researching the dangers and extent of the above violations”, — added Yulia Danilogorskaya.
According to the results of the discussion the Expert Council on Environmental Issues received the following tasks:
— to continue the eco-tests of OEM and compatible consumables present on the Russian market,
— to strengthen the informing of specialists responsible for consumables procurement in state and large commercial organizations on the received test results (together with Information Agency “Business-Inform”);
— to submit the results of the performed tests to the Information Agency “Business-Inform” for their further use in performing scientific research on evaluation of the Russian market and creating recommendations for choosing Russian and foreign suppliers of consumables for large procurement in state and large commercial organizations;
— to take the results of the tests into the account in developing of the Program for Support and Promotion of the Remanufactured products of the confirmed quality in Russia.
The participants of the conference have recommended the President of AQCMS, Dr. Stanislav Malinskiy to continue work on organizing meeting with the representatives of state organizations and large commercial companies on discussing policing and organizational issues of supplying consumables for printing devices in 2020-2021.
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